8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: November 12, 2015
(Date of earliest event reported)

Commission file number 1-34192

MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
 
94-2896096 
(I.R.S. Employer I. D. No.)

160 Rio Robles
San Jose, California 95134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)

(408) 601-1000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 3.03     Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On November 12, 2015, Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Maxim” or the “Company”) held its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders adopted and approved an amendment to the restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (the “Restated Certificate”), of the Company to eliminate the right of stockholders to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.

In connection with the approval of the Company’s stockholders to amend the Restated Certificate described above, on November 16, 2015, the Company filed a certificate of amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to amend the Restated Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to amend Article Eighth of the Restated Certificate to provide that no holder of shares of the Company’s stock of any class or series of the Company shall be entitled to cumulate votes for the election of directors of the Company. The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

As described above, the Annual Meeting was held on November 12, 2015. Of the 284,532,695 shares of our common stock outstanding as the record date of September 18, 2015, 267,597,555 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, constituting approximately 94% of the outstanding shares of common stock. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company (a) elected each of the seven (7) director nominees proposed by the board of directors of the Company; and (b) approved and ratified proposal nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 submitted for a stockholder vote at the Annual Meeting and described below.

With respect to each such matter, set forth below are, to the extent applicable, the number of votes cast for or against, the number of votes withheld, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes:

Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors.

Director Nominee Name
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
B. Kipling Hagopian
238,895,075
3,527,173
25,175,307
Tunç Doluca
240,582,101
1,840,147
25,175,307
James R. Bergman
213,157,741
29,264,507
25,175,307
Joseph R. Bronson
241,037,865
1,384,383
25,175,307
Robert E. Grady
234,366,531
8,055,717
25,175,307
William D. Watkins
241,276,872
1,145,376
25,175,307
A. R. Frank Wazzan
238,470,849
3,951,399
25,175,307
 
Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Maxim’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending June 25, 2016.
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
266,354,688
929,640
313,227
n/a

Proposal No. 3 - Ratification and approval of an amendment to Maxim’s 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares of Maxim common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by





2,000,000 shares.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
239,175,774
2,417,588
828,886
25,175,307

Proposal No. 4 - Ratification and approval of an amendment to Maxim’s 1996 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder by 4,000,000 shares.
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
214,475,115
27,451,814
495,319
25,175,307

Proposal No. 5 - Ratification and approval of an amendment to Maxim’s restated certificate of incorporation to eliminate the ability of stockholders to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
181,161,002
60,911,473
349,773
25,175,307

Proposal No. 6 - Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of Maxim’s Named Executive Officers.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
191,874,670
49,192,023
1,355,555
25,175,307

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)     Exhibits.

Exhibit
Description
3.1
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation.






SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 17, 2015

                
 
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Bruce E. Kiddoo
 
 
Bruce E. Kiddoo
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer






EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Description
3.1